#BFAB50#BFAB50

#BFAB50 is a light, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.408; OKLCH L 74.0% C 0.114 H 97.1°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.16:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BFAB50
RGB	rgb(191, 171, 80)
HSL	hsl(49, 46%, 53%)
HSV	hsv(49, 58%, 75%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 10.5%, 58.1%, 25.1%)
CIE-LAB	lab(70.02, -4.08, 48.63)
CIE-LCH	lch(70.02, 48.80, 94.79°)
OKLab	oklab(74.02% -0.014 0.113)
OKLCH	oklch(74.02% 0.114 97.1)
XYZ	xyz(37.4982, 40.7830, 13.4846)
Luminance	0.4078 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BFAB50 #5064BF

analogous

#BF7350 #BFAB50 #9CBF50

triadic

#BFAB50 #50BFAB #AB50BF

tetradic

#BFAB50 #50BF73 #5064BF #BF509C

square

#BFAB50 #50BF73 #5064BF #BF509C

split-complementary

#BFAB50 #509CBF #7350BF

monochromatic

#6D6028 #9A8838 #BFAB50 #CFC17D #E0D6AA

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.29

#BFAB50 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.16

#BFAB50 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #BFAB50

9.16:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BFAB50	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##BFAB50	1.00	2.29	9.16	9.16
#FFFFFF	2.29	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.16	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#BAA747

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#BFAE54

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CDA097

Achromatopsia (no color)

#ABABAB

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bfab50;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(191, 171, 80);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.0% 0.114 97.1);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d5c384',
    500: '#bfab50',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bfab50;
$custom-light: #d5c384;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bfab50",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 191,
    "g": 171,
    "b": 80
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 49.189,
    "s": 46.444,
    "l": 53.137
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74021,
    "c": 0.11383,
    "h": 97.1
  },
  "luminance": 0.40781
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BFAB50

secondary

#9DA6CD

accent

#6AD652

background

#FDFBF8

surface

#FAF7EF

border

#D3D0CA

text

#15120B

muted

#83817C

Preview Lab

Preview with #BFAB50

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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